Manchester to be carbon neutral by 2050
Manchester City Council has outlined its intentions for the city to be run entirely on green energy within the next 35 years
Gender equality award for Faculty of Life Sciences
Faculty acknowledged by Equality Challenge Unit for its attempts to confront gender inequality
£12 million Physics extension announced
The Schuster Building becomes the latest structure to benefit from the University’s £1 billion ten-year Campus Masterplan
Manchester part of EU eco-friendly chemicals initiative
A team from the University of Manchester will work with other European institutions to improve biocatalysis methods
Cause of animals’ internal body clocks discovered
Manchester and Edinburgh researchers identify specialist cells responsible for seasonal adaptations in mammals
Medical imaging technique could benefit cancer patients
University of Manchester research has found that MRI scans could prove to be useful in determining whether patients should undergo chemotherapy
University announces new £350m engineering campus
Dutch architects selected to build new engineering department on the main university campus
A history of fossil fuel investment at the University of Manchester
This article is a supplement to our fracking investigation ‘Are universities fuelling fracking?’ The University of Manchester holds shares in multiple oil and gas exploration companies, despite opposition from multiple politicians, environmentalists and human rights groups. This was exposed in 2012 by the then News Editor of The Mancunion, Joe Sandler Clarke, in an article […]
Students to go to Mars to read books and leave behind “legacies”
Three British students are in the running to become the first people to set foot on the Red Planet with Mars One, with 100 potential candidates left out of initially 200000 applicants
Birth of ‘Tatooine’ star system witnessed by astronomers
Stunning images from a series of telescopes show enormous gas clouds in the process of developing into stars
‘Robot scientist’ could speed up search for new drugs
Scientists say that an artificially intelligent robot could help discover new drugs to combat tropical diseases
Dinner conversation with 8 year old leads to cancer breakthrough
An informal chat between a Manchester cancer research scientist and his young daughter has led to the discovery that simple antibiotics could be used to treat cancer
Starchaser Industries – the sky is not the limit!
Steve Bennett, the CEO of Starchaser Industries, gave an interesting talk on how his company plan to be at the forefront of UK space tourism
Eco Machines: Designing the cars of the future
Science & Technology Editor Andy van den Bent-Kelly attended an interesting debate at the Sackville Street Building in which four experts discussed the challenges facing the world of motoring and what solutions the industries are suggesting
New computer games could lower risk of OAPs falling
A series of computer games could help prevent OAPs from falling at home and in the community, according to the Manchester researchers who developed them
Technology: the modern day student addiction
A survey has revealed the biggest addictions that students and other young people succumb to
“The Future is Fracking. Discuss” – Manchester Science Festival 2014
Andy van den Bent-Kelly headed over to the Museum of Science and Industry to attend a lively debate about fracking as part of this year’s Science Festival
Manchester set to benefit from €24m ‘smart green growth’ fund
The money will be used to lower carbon emissions and transform the area into a ‘smart city’